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(No Model.)

D. A. MGHENRY.

WORM FENCE.

110.332.416. Patented Dec. 15, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID ANDREW MCHENRY, OF YOUNGER, MISSOURI.

WORM-FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 332,416, dated December15, 1885.

Application filed May 21, 1885. Serial No. 166,269. (No model.)

.T0 all whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, DAVID A. MCHENEY, a citizen ofthe United States,residing at Younger, in the county of Boone and State of Missouri, haveinvented new and useful Improvcments in VorInFences, of which thefollowing is a specication.

My invention relates to improvements in worm-fences; and it consists incertain novel features of construction,which are fully pointed out inthe following specication and claim, and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure lis a horizontal section in the plane x x,Fig. 2, of my improved fence. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same.

Similarlettersindicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings the letters a a, &c., designate the fence-posts,preferably ofa square or rectangular cross-section, which are securelydriven or embedded in the ground in sets in a zigzag line, as in theordinary worin-fence, and at a distance apart equal to the length of thepanels. The posts forming each set are best placed a distance apart andcorner to corner, and between these sets of posts are placed the railsb, with their ends overlapping each other in the ordinary manner.

In order to secure the rails in their respective positions,wires c c,&c., are used,which are placed in convenient positions encircling theposts.

For the purpose of making a stronger fence, I place at intervals in theline of fence, as at A, four posts, a, in a square, and the rails aresecured thereto, as before, or else the entire fence can be constructedwith four posts at each corner, all depending on the strength andrigidity required.

For the purpose of strengthening the fence, I employ riders d, whichconnect the panels at'or near their centers, and extend between posts aa', dto., driven in sets, as before, and the riders are secured inposition between the posts by encircling wires c c. These riders may beused at intervals, or continuously along the line of fence.

The object of my invention is to produce a fence which can be morequickly and cheaply built than the ordinary rail fence, and which ismore durable than the latter. Owing to the rapidity with which such afence can be built and the small amount of labor required foritsconstruction, its design is especially adapted for use in the buildingof temporary fences.

I am aware that a fence has been composed of posts arranged in pairs,with the rails arranged between the pairs, and conlined by wiresencircling the posts. I am also aware that a worm-fence has beencomposed of rails and riders Wired to the upper rails. Such, therefore,I do not broadly claim.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A worm-fence consisting of the main posts a, arranged in pairs in azigzag line, the rails b, having their ends extending between saidposts, the pairs of posts a arranged in a straight line between the endsof the rails, the riders d, spanning the space between the sets ofrails, and having their ends extending between the said intermediateposts, and the wires binding the rails and main posts together and theintermediate posts and riders together, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

DAVID ANDREW MCUENRY. [n s] Vitnesses:

Jos. H. WHITE, I. T. MITCHELL.

